Gaff, Gaffe
Gaff, Gaffe, Guff!
With an eyeful of skyline in front of him, holding the gaff in his left hand and dipping his feet into the...
Gray, Grey; Grayish, Greyish; Grey Area
Gray, Grey; Grayish, Greyish; Grey Area
There are about 450 shades of grey (the colour between black and white), and the human beings can see...
Grisly, Gristly, Grizzly
Grisly, Gristly, Grizzly
Can you tolerate a grizzled human being dining on gristle and watching grisly movies?
Audience can be sensitive to watch gristly details of...
Hoard, Horde; Heard, Herd
Hoard, Horde; Heard, Herd
Some people are known to hoard gold.
What do you hoard? If nothing, if you are in a small horde of liberate...
It, Its, It’s & IT
It, Its, It’s & IT
It is soporific to have a glass of milk before going to bed. It (milk) has sleep-inducing properties, and its...
Jealous, Zealous
Jealous, Zealous
“Jealousy is … a tiger that tears not only its prey but also its own raging heart.” –Michael Beer.
Jealous is a variant of...
Kind, Kinder, Kindle, Kindred, Kindergarten
Kind, Kinder, Kindle, Kindred, Kindergarten
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books...
Lie, Lied, Lying, Lay, Lain, Laid, Lain, Laying
Lie, Lied, Lying, Lay, Lain, Laid, Lain, Laying
A paragraph is a unit of thought. It lays out a thought and links it to the...
Lead, Led, LED & Leaded, Leaden
Lead, Led, LED & Leaded, Leaden
Nestle’s Maggi noodles is banned in many states of India because of high percentage of lead. Knowingly, or unknowingly, taking...
Learned, Learnt
Learned, Learnt
If learned and learnt are confusing, so is the case with leaned, leant; leaped, leapt…
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty...